Closest I can think of is Cowboy Necromancer by Harmon Cooper, which while maybe not exactly what you're looking for, definitely has a western feel. It features a Necromancer/Pepper Farmer who sets out on a quest for revenge after his crops get destroyed by aliens.
Sterling Monedero, The Cowboy Necromancer.
Maybe if I get him some big Jim's or some original hatch chilis, he'll relax and we can have a bowl of chili together instead.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_S4GCZ4PNG2HSS6D6H529
LitRPG readers.
The second book in my bestselling Cowboy Necromancer series is out. These are INCREDIBLY hard books to write, and this one saw my writerly ass getting altitude sickness in Utah in April as I brainstormed how to use the entire state as a place were the story could really take some twists and turns.
As in, thought for a moment I was going to go to the hospital sick (do not take the 'scenic drive' from Capital Reef National Park to the Utah/Arizona border without fueling up on water).
Suffice to say, this book is worth it, worth the suffering to deliver to you a story like this.
Cowboy Necromancer is a LitRPG set in the post-apocalyptic Southwest.
Cowboy Necromancer One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
Cowboy Necromancer Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ
Audio for the first book: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dusk-Audiobook/1039400493
Let me know if you need any more links!
If you're interested in more of the research I did to conceive this book, I wrote a blog post about it!
http://harmoncooper.com/yours-in-sanity-blog/2021/7/30/cowboy-necromancer-required-reading
Link for US amazon for anyone that wants it.
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W92B7VY
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08W92B7VY
AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08W92B7VY
Universal links: https://geni.us/Cowboy_Necromancer
Links again!
All, what do peppers, necromancy, a badass tough-as-bones southern MC, a great story, an epic landscape, and did I mention peppers? all have in common?
This series!
The next four Cowboy Necromancer books will be novellas. They will later come out in audio. Thank you for reading and rating this series. It's one that continues to reach people and it's one that, I feel, shows just how far we can go with the LitRPG genre!
Book One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ
Book Three: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MJQ57C9
Book Four: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBBKF971
And note - the fifth novella is up for preorder!
All, this book, THIS BOOK.
Audio for the third Cowboy Necromancer book is out now. It’s long, glorious, and the series continues in a novella to be released next month. To celebrate the first three ebooks are FREE through Saturday. No, I can’t make audio free, but you can whispersync these and get audio cheap!
Expect a pepper farming desert haiku writing MC in a world built along the true lore of the American southwest, weaving everything from the landscape to the mysteries into a narrative that is expansive, bleak at times, funny, shocking, and everything in between. Stats, peppers, fun times, let's go!
All the links you need below! Let me know if you need a particular store or… just search on said store.
Book One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ
Book Three: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MJQ57C9
Book Four Novella (pre-order): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBBKF971
Audio
Audiobook 1 : https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dusk-Audiobook/1039400493
Audiobook 2: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dark-Audiobook/B09K4MM7CV
Audiobook 3: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dawn-Audiobook/B0B7Z6R188
All, this book, THIS BOOK.
Expect a pepper farming desert haiku writing MC in a world built along the true lore of the American southwest, weaving everything from the breathtaking landscape to desert mysticism into a narrative that is expansive, bleak at times, funny, shocking, and everything in between. The third book completes the trilogy, but there will be novellas to follow because I can’t quit these characters.
To celebrate the release of Infinite Dawn, the first book is FREE worldwide through Monday, and the second book is just .99 cents in the US and UK. Be sure to whispersync the audio, produced by Podium and narrated by Macleod Andrews (Randidly Ghosthound) who also narrates westerns, so you know you're in for a treat!
All the links you need below!
Book One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ
Book Three (NEW): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MJQ57C9
Audiobook 1 : https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dusk-Audiobook/1039400493
Audiobook 2: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dark-Audiobook/B09K4MM7CV
Audiobook 3: Coming in August, pre-order soon
Here’s a review of the first audiobook book:
All the links you need below!
Book One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ Book Three (pre-order): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MJQ57C9
Audiobook 1 : https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dusk-Audiobook/1039400493
Audiobook 2: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dark-Audiobook/B09K4MM7CV
Here’s a review of the first book: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/201013/
And since I have you, I’ve started publishing my next book, a LitRPG tower climber on Royal Roads. It’s a return to humorous LitRPG/GameLit for me, so a very different tone than Cowboy Necromancer. I’ll do an official post about that here later, but I figured some of you would want to check it out as I’m nearly finished with the first volume and publishing chapters fairly quickly!
Tokens and Towers on Royal Roads: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/48754/tokens-and-towers
Necrotic Apocalypse fits the bill https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08Y3DL462, And cowboy necromancer https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Dusk-Post-Apocalyptic-Fantasy-Necromancer-ebook/dp/B08W92B7VY/
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ALL, Cowboy Necromancer is a post-apocalyptic LitRPG set in the American Southwest. It's a crazy fun story, I'm hoping it wins a Spur Award, and the first book is the kindle daily deal TODAY ONLY in the USA.
So grab it for .99 cents, please review it, whispersync the audiobook, and pre-order the second book if you've already read the first. It's out in October!
Links below.
Kindle Daily Deal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Dusk-Audiobook/1039400493
Pre-order the second book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976HM1SJ
All!
Author of Pilgrim, Death’s Mantle, The Feedback Loop, a ton of stuff, here to announce my new LitRPG series.
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W92B7VY
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W92B7VY
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08W92B7VY
AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08W92B7VY
Here are the answers to some FAQs:
LitRPG? Yes, the crunchiest I’ve written to date with a unique classification system for super-powered mancers and a technique system inspired by Ghost of Tsushima.
Post-Apocalyptic? Yes, set in a post-apocalyptic New Mexico.
Western? Weird Western, but yes.
MC? The MC is a badass. He is not OP, and he is not your typical necromancer as he’s more of a brawler.
Harem? NO.
Sex? NO.
World-building? Unlike anything I’ve attempted before. The world operates as a character, according to one early reader.
Art in the book? YES. Full-page pieces representing the MC’s journal as well as found objects during his journey.
Audiobook? Yes, produced by Podium and narrated by Macleod Andrews (narrator of Brandon Sanderson’s The Reckoners series). Out in the next few months!
What was it inspired by? I did a deep dive on my blog about it. Read that here.
Finally - I have some limited postcards to celebrate the release. If you read and review it, let me know and I’ll send you one!
Finally, here's the universal link for Cowboy Necromancer.